3 girls Bargondaga school Kadija Diallo (girl, dark green dress) is 10 years old. She attends third grade at the school in Bargondaga. She has a little brother that also attends school and a small sister that is not old enough yet, but Kadija thinks that her sister will attend school when she gets older. Kadija`s favorite subject is history, because it is exciting to learn about the past. When she is not at school, Kadija helps her mother in the house. When she grows up, Kadija wants to be a doctor and work in the big city of Mopti. The school which Kadidja attends is the Ecole de Bargondaga, it has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skill and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more insecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own village. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which their families would not be able to buy themselves. Aissata Traore (girl, red dress) is 10 years old. She is in third grade. She likes to go to school, and her favorite subject is mathematics. Aissata has one little sister at school, in addition to one little brother and two small sisters at home, who all are too small for school. When not at school, Aissata does her homework and helps her mother cleaning the house. Her dream for the future is to be a teacher – or may be a princess, she says! The school which Aissata attends is Ecole de Bargondaga, it has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skills and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more insecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own village. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which their families would not be able to buy themselves. Djeneba Barry (girl, light green/yellow head scarf) is 11 years old and attends third grade at the Bargondaga school. She is so fond of school that she thinks the mid-day break is too long! She also likes the teacher. Djeneba is the big sister of 4 sisters. Three are not yet old enough to attend school and one is attending a Koran school. Djeneba likes dictation best at school and she wants to be a doctor when grows old. The school which Djeneba attends is Ecole de Bargondaga, it has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skills and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more unsecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own villages. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which thei families would not be able to buy themselves. In and around the cities of Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou, NRC has offices and extensive programs: • Education: In collaboration with beneficiary groups, local stakeholders and education authorities NRC provides accelerated learning programs and formal education for children. YEP-programs are established in Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou. Beneficiaries 2015: 8.249 children and youth (education, YEP, school kits). 66 classrooms have been renovated. Photo: NRC/Ingrid Prestetun
Aissata i midten, sammen med klassevenninnene Kadija (10) og Djeneba (11). De er blant mange barn som er rammet av konflikt i Nord-Mali. Foto: Ingrid Prestetun/Flyktninghjelpen

Nytt håp for barn fra Mali

Publisert 07. jul 2016
Burkina Faso Mali Utdanning
Skolegang gir nytt håp til barn rammet av konflikten i Nord-Mali. Flyktninghjelpen gir utdanning til maliske barn både i Mali og nabolandet Burkina Faso.

- Jeg liker å gå på skolen, og favorittfaget mitt er matte, sier Aissata Traore (10).
Hun går i tredje klasse ved skolen Bargondaga i Nord-Mali. Skolen er støttet av Flyktninghjelpen, som har utdanningsprogrammer i flere byer og områder i Malis konfliktrammede nordområder.

Aissata har en yngre søster som også går på skolen, pluss en liten bror og to yngre søstre som er under skolealder.
- Jeg drømmer om å bli lærer, eller kanskje en prinsesse, sier hun.

Aissata Traore (girl, red dress) is 10 years old. She is in third grade. She likes to go to school, and her favorite subject is mathematics. Aissata has one little sister at school, in addition to one little brother and two small sisters at home, who all are too small for school. When not at school, Aissata does her homework and helps her mother cleaning the house. Her dream for the future is to be a teacher – or may be a princess, she says! The school which Aissata attends is Ecole de Bargondaga, it has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skills and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more insecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own village. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which their families would not be able to buy themselves. In and around the cities of Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou, NRC has offices and extensive programs: • Education: In collaboration with beneficiary groups, local stakeholders and education authorities NRC provides accelerated learning programs and formal education for children. YEP-programs are established in Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou. Beneficiaries 2015: 8.249 children and youth (education, YEP, school kits). 66 classrooms have been renovated. Photo: NRC/Ingrid Prestetun
Aissata har en yngre søster som også går på skolen, pluss en liten bror og to yngre søstre som er under skolealder. Foto: Ingrid Prestetun/Flyktninghjelpen


Tar igjen tapt skolegang

I Nord-Mali er mange skoler ødelagte av krigføring, det er stor mangel på lærere og mange lever i dyp fattigdom. Flyktninghjelpen driver flere utdanningsprogrammer for konfliktrammede barn i området.

Skolen har 181 elever fra første til sjette klasse, og 116 elever fra syvende til niende klasse. Flyktninghjelpen har støttet skolen med skolesekker, bøker og skrivesaker for de yngre elevene, som familiene ikke har råd til å kjøpe selv. Elevene kan velge mellom vanlig undervisning og intensivklasser der de kan ta igjen tapt skolegang.

Photo: NRC/Ingrid Prestetun The school these children attend is the Ecole de Bargondaga, which has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skill and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more insecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own village. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which their families would not be able to buy themselves. In and around the cities of Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou, NRC has offices and extensive programs: • Education: In collaboration with beneficiary groups, local stakeholders and education authorities NRC provides accelerated learning programs and formal education for children. YEP-programs are established in Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou. Beneficiaries 2015: 8.249 children and youth (education, YEP, school kits). 66 classrooms have been renovated.
Aissata og klassen hennes. Sekkene har de fått av Flyktninghjelpen. Få familier i dette området har råd til å kjøpe skoleutstyr til barna selv. Foto: Ingrid Prestetun/Flyktninghjelpen

Blant klassens flinkeste

Kayma (12) har vært elev i en av intensivklassene. Etter at han ble uteksaminert kunne han innrulleres i den offentlige skolen i landsbyen. Han går nå i fjerde klasse, og er en oppvakt gutt.
- Jeg begynte sent på skolen fordi jeg ikke hadde noe fødselssertifikat, men nå skal jeg jobbe hardt for å lykkes, sier han, full av pågangsmot.

Og etter bare syv måneder på den offentlige skolen, er han allerede den nest flinkeste av de 78 elevene i klassen sin! Skolen er viktig for Kayma. Før han drar hjemmefra om morgenen, bytter han klær fra de han leker i hjemme, til noe finere. Han liker å se ordentlig ut på skolen.
- Favorittfagene mine er skriving og historie. Jeg vil bli lærer, sier Kayma.

Kayma is 12 years old. He lives with his family in the village of Bargondaga. The family is of the Bozo tribe, who traditionally are fishermen. Kayma speaks both Bozo language and Bambara language; both are among the 13 acknowledged national languages, besides French which is the official language of Mali. Kayma attended the NRC accelerated learning program in the village. After graduation, he was able to attend the local official school of Bargondaga. He is now in the fourth grade, and he is a bright boy: “I started late at school because I had no birth certificate, but now I am going to work hard in order to be successful.” After only seven months at school, Kayma is already the second best of the 78 pupils in his class! And school is important to Kayma. Before leaving home, he changes clothes from the ones he plays in at home, to something better. He likes to look decent at school. His favorite subjects are writing and history, and when he grows older, Kayma wants to be a teacher. The school is approx. three kilometer from home and Kayma rides on an old bicycle to be able to reach school in time. (see also Kayma`s story under “ICLA”) The school that Kayma attends is Ecole de Bargondaga, it has 181 pupils from first to sixth grade and 116 students from seventh to ninth grade. The school offers both accelerated learning programs and ordinary school. The age of the pupils and students in each grade differs, because the pupils are divided after skills and not age. The school bell is an old rims hanging from a tree in the school yard, and because clean water is a problem in the area, the school well is popular among the pupils. The school also offers exam preparations for students from another village across the river. The area there is more insecure, so the students live at the Bargondaga school. After graduation they return to their own village. NRC has supported the school with school bags, books and pencils for the younger pupils, which their families would not be able to buy themselves. In and around the cities of Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou, NRC has offices and extensive programs: • Education: In collaboration with beneficiary groups, local stakeholders and education authorities NRC provides accelerated learning programs and formal education for children. YEP-programs are established in Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou. Beneficiaries 2015: 8.249 children and youth (education, YEP, school kits). 66 classrooms have been renovated. • ICLA: NRC assists displaced and vulnerable people to acquire civil documentation (National ID, Birth Certificate) and rights for housing, land and properties (HLP). Without ID or birth certificate, it is difficult to get access to public services and rights, and people without ID are effectively barred from entering the formal economy, health care and formal education. People moving through the country without a document are also vulnerable to the predations of state security forces who can detain them and extract bribes or subject them to physical abuse – with risks especially high for women. Beneficiaries 2015: 23.381 (sensitized, civil- and land documents) 200 local authorities have been trained. Photo: NRC/Ingrid Prestetun
Kayma (11) har jobbet flittig og på kort tid tatt igjen tapt skolegang i Flyktninghjelpens intensivprogram i Nord-Mali. Foto: Ingrid Prestetun/Flyktninghjelpen

Flyktninger i Burkina Faso

I flyktningleiren Goudebo i nabolandet Burkina Faso, går Salamate Sambo (12) i andre klasse ved Flyktninghjelpens skole i leiren.

Da det brøt ut krig mellom regjeringen og flere opprørsgrupper i Nord-Mali i 2012, var det mange som flyktet ut av landet. I fjor ble det inngått en fredsavtale mellom regjeringen og flere islamistiske opprørsgrupper, men i mange områder er situasjonen fremdeles ustabil. Fortsatt lever over 30.000 maliere som flyktninger i Burkina Faso, blant dem Salamate og familien hennes.

Flyktninghjelpen gir grunnskoleutdanning til over 800 barn i leiren, og driver også utdanningsprogrammer barn og unge i Mentao, den andre store leiren for maliske flyktninger i Burkina Faso.

- Lesing er favorittfaget mitt, sier Salamate, som drømmer om å reise hjem til vennene sine i Mali.

NRC education assistant Diallo Fatimafa together with Salamate Sambo (12 years old with yellow scarf) and Sada Walette Al Houssein (8 years old with colourful scarf). Education: NRC has through the years provided different types of education programs. In 2013-2015 NRC ran an education project in the Mentao refugee camp comprising a catch-up programme for children of school going age who have been forced to drop out of school. NRC also had a YEP program (combining literacy educational and learning crafts) for youths between the ages of 15 to 24 who can no longer make in into the normal school system. 163 pupils completed the catch-up programme while 105 youths completed the YEP programme Now NRC is providing education for smaller children in the Goudebo camp; Ecole Primaire de Goudebo has between 800 and 900 pupils aged from 6 to 12 years, divided in six grades. The number of pupils differs with families trying to return to their country of origin. Return programme is facilitated by UNHCR. Most of the pupils are refugees, but the school also has some pupils from the host community. There are 6 grades at the school. In the first two years (CP 1 and CP 2), there are two teachers in each class. Because the school language is French, and many of the refugee children do only speak local Tuareg dialects, they need help for translation to be able to follow the education. (Official schools in Mali is also teaching in French) NRC target that 50% of all pupils should be girls is met in the vast majority of the classrooms. The age of the children in each class differs. Most of the children arriving in the camp have never gone to school before, so they have to start in the basic class regardless of their age. Most of the pupils have books to write in, but in a few classes the pupils still uses small wooden boards and chalk. Photo: NRC/Ingrid Prestetun
Flyktninghjelpens utdanningsassistent Diallo Fatimfa sammen med Salamate Sambo (12) og Sada Walette Al Houssein (8) i flyktningleiren Goudebo i Burkina Faso. Foto: Ingrid Prestetun/Flyktninghjelpen

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